French beans, cooked leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
French beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more potassium and more iron.
Pick French beans, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal129 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN8.04 g7.05 g
- Carbohydrate23.31 g24.02 g
- Fibermore is better7.7 g9.4 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.38 g0.76 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.09 g0.08 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN239 mg242 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN401 mg370 mg
- Calciummore is better29 mg63 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.4 mg1.08 mg
- Magnesiummore is better53 mg56 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1.2 mgWIN
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

